Hughes Stadium a calculated effort by Morgan

12:32 AM,
Oct. 4, 2012

Written by

Connie
Pfeiffenberger

I've heard enough disparagement about the man who built a great university on a shoestring and had the "audacity" to build Hughes Stadium "way out there." Bottom line, the land was cheap while the core Colorado A&M campus was exploding into an internationally recognized research university, with minimal financial help from the state of Colorado.

During his 20-year tenure as president, William E. Morgan was responsible for more than 75 brick-and-mortar projects on the main and foothills campuses, plus more than 22,000 square feet at Pingree Park. Needs were still immense and funding lean ...